11th April 2019

Bolivia – Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review, 2019

Summary

The submission details our concerns regarding Bolivia’s failure to protect adolescent girls from sexual violence and provide survivors access to justice. We make key recommendations for action to the government of Bolivia so as to better address this area of concern.

Submitted by: Equality Now, a Breeze of Hope FoundationCLADEM, Network of Girls, Boys and Adolescents against Sexual Violence, Coordinadora de la MujerLa Oficina Juridica de la Mujer, Familias Healthy Foundation, FUBE Bolivia.

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